Screaming with constipation

Hello
This is my first post on here but I’m just hoping someone could give some advice or help slightly.

My baby is 3 weeks old and was out on soy milk at 2 weeks, the soy has since made him constipated so he’s now been put on Lactose Free. Within the first 24 hours on it he was like a new baby, pain free, feeding well and soft poo (sorry tmi) but then suddenly the day after he started screaming again and squeezing like he was going to pop and hard poo’s were back. They are the consistency of rabbit droppings and we had a full day of pain, screaming and tears yesterday so I’m just wondering if anybody has been through similar or has any advice on what to do next. We’ve tried boiled water, warm baths, cuddles, walks. Nothing helped at all and it got to the point where my poor baby was just exhausted as he didn’t properly sleep all day.

Comments (3)

Oh bless you, and him. Sounds like you’re doing all you can. If it carries on I’d go back to the doctors to see if they can help.
The only thing I can suggest apart from what you’ve said is baby massage. Gently massaging/rotating your hand round along the intestine. From left to right along the tummy, from left hip to right. Worth a try I suppose.

I’ve had to put my baby on cow and gate comfort, we have been doing everything from massage to bicycle legs, cooled boiled water between feeds, there’s nothing they can do for them at this age so it’s just riding it out as horrible as it is but I feel your pain I’m in the same boat xx

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